From winter solstice to religious celebrations, December is a busy month of festivities before the end of the year.

Ohio’s August 2024 law allowing students three days off from school for religious observances raises questions about what can be called the “December dilemma.” On the one hand, observances of ...

Thanksgiving is a genuinely Christian holiday because it rejects the concept of luck. If your good life is the result of ...

The glow from Christmas tree bulbs will shine with the brightness of menorah candles on Wednesday. For the first time in 19 years, two important religious holidays coincide on Dec. 25: Christmas, ...

Knowing several religious holidays are coming up soon, employers can take steps to avoid triggering religious discrimination and reasonable accommodation lawsuits. Consistently applying paid time off ...

But, as some families come together to celebrate federal and state-recognized holidays, others participate in religious and ...

All nations made up of a diversity of religions face the same dilemma: Do they officially ignore those traditions that differentiate people in favor of accentuating only shared secular traditions, or ...

Central Bucks School District's religious observances will include more faiths than ever before next school year, according to a calendar the school board approved on Dec. 2. The state's third-largest ...

Per college policy, no student is required to take an examination or fulfill any other scheduled course requirements on recognized major religious holidays. Students are expected to declare their ...

Soldiers and civilians attend a Christmas Eve candlelight service on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, 2012. (DVIDS) The seasonal greeting “Merry Christmas” is made possible by the reality ...

ROCHESTER – Rochester Public Schools is starting to consider ways it could allow students more freedom to celebrate religious holidays that have not been included in the district’s annual calendar. On ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. -- Presented with the opportunity to recognize a Muslim holiday on the school calendar for the first time, leaders of Maryland's largest school district went a different ...